AUTOGRAPHS - ART & LITERATURE
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BANVILLE, John
- Booker Prize 2005
2005 Hardback, John Banville "THE SEA", Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005. Signed to title page. Mint condition, has an affixed sticker from Ottakar's stating "Signed Copy" on the front cover; this can be easily removed. 264 pages. Approximately 9" x 5 1/2". |
£30 |
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CHADWICK Lynn
- British Sculptor Signed and dedicated 'for Dominic Howard' and dated 12.10.97. The Crouching Beast II is the Chelsea Harbour sculpture '93. This is a charity card from the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Approximately 5" x 7". |
£30 |
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DICKENS, Charles
John Huffam - (1812-1870) English Writer
A Coutts & Company cheque
dated April 1863, made payable to "Property and Assessed
Taxes", in the sum of 17 pounds, 18 shillings and eight pence.
Filled in and signed by Charles Dickens. In wonderful condition together
with a fine steel engraving of Charles Dickens published by Mackenzie
circa 1870.
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan -
(1859-1930) Scottish Writer of detectives stories and historical romances, creator of Sherlock Holmes Autograph Letter Signed 'A. Conan Doyle', addressed 'Dear Sir', agreeing to meet, and discussing spiritualist experiences, 'the most important thing in life' and explaining what these spirits are like: 'As I visualise it you have a crowd at the further end of your telephone some serious, some half serious, some joking. They differ about these matters exactly as we do & when you mix with it with no high intent, you come into contact with the less responsible beings. That is the alternative to the Unconscious pressure theory.' 2 pp. 7 x 5 inches, in good condition. 15 Buckingham Palace Mansions, S.W.1, 1 November. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, was also a well known writer on Spiritualism, to which he became a convert in later life. In this letter he responds to his correspondent's account of an unexplained experience. 'Your experience is interesting. But a coin may easily be moved by unconscious pressure & your wife presumably knew all these details. Had the two ladies been securely blindfolded it would have improved the case.' Conan Doyle published his History of Spiritualism in 1926. |
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DU MAURIER,
Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) - (1907-1989) -
English Novelist and short story writer Soft back book being the Spanish edition of "The Scapegoat" 1970 (Una Vida Por Otra), 348 pages, approximately 7" x 4". Signed to the title page "Yours sincerely, Daphne du Maurier, 1971". The dust jacket has a 1" tear to the base of the spine (see photo), this could be easily taped up or replaced by another cover from an unsigned book. |
£36 |
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GILBERT &
GEORGE Signed limited edition poster for Gilbert & George's exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Approximately 80cm x 50cm. This is one of a set of 5 signed posters (Life, Death, Fates, Ishmael A, Ishmael B). |
£95 |
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GILBERT &
GEORGE Signed limited edition poster for Gilbert & George's exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Approximately 80cm x 50cm. This is one of a set of 5 signed posters (Life, Death, Fates, Ishmael A, Ishmael B). |
£95 |
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'GREY OWL' [Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin]. 'The adventures of Sajo and her Beaver people', hard back copy from Lovat, Dickson & Thompson ltd- (London). Boldly signed by the Englishman to title page.! |
£80 |
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HIGSON
Charlie First Edition, first impression of "Silverfin", the first in a series of James Bond fully authorised prequels. Signed "Charlie Higson" to the title page. Published by Puffin books 2005. Also included is the original promotional badge. (Has the printing error present on the fep, stating that the next 'Young Bond' adventure is due in October 2005 instead of January 2006 as corrected in subsequent printings). |
£50 |
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P. D. JAMES "A Certain Justice", London, Faber & Faber, 1997. First Edition and first impression with No 1 on the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dustwrapper. |
£38 |
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KING Stephen,
Writer (1947-) Signed Hardback copy of Stephen King's "Lisey's Story", Signed on a specially made "Lisey's Story" bookplate. |
£75 |
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PICASSO Pablo - (1881-1973) Spanish Painter, the dominating figure of early 20th-century French art and a pioneer of Cubism. Pablo Picasso, signed folio volume entitled Peintures 1939-1946, published by Les Editions du Chene, Paris, 1949, signed by Picasso with a large signature (surname only) to title page. Volume features 16 different coloured reproductions of Picasso's paintings. |
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WAIN, Louis
(1860-1939) Artist, famous for his drawings of cats. Autograph letter signed, discussing in detail "the drink question", suggesting that the moderate climate in England and the fact that we are "meat-eaters" mean that "the britisher can take more alcohol without immediately feeling its effects than say an american". "The days of New York heat and zero cold would kill off all our habitual alcoholists, but as we are not favoured with this drastic remedy the next best thing is to take the opportunity of pulling them up by stopping their chance of drinking". 41 Brondesbury Road, 10 August 1918. 2pp., closely written, 7" x 4 1/2", in good condition, traces of former mounting, small tear and thin at centre fold. |
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